What Are the Differences Between a King, Emperor,

sultan kingMaḥmūd of Ghazna (rened ad 998–1030) was the first Muslim ruler to be called sultan by his contemporaries, and under the Seljuqs of Anatolia and Iran it became a regular title.What is a Sultan? A sultan is a secular ruler, usually in an Islamic country. The name came into use as the nation of Islam far extended